The spiritual care of staff

1. The spiritual care of staff Integrating spiritual care into team development and the promotion of mental wellbeing at work Mary Anne Crook Health Promotion Officer

2. Background • Team Development process following organisational change • Board commitment to Healthy Working Lives Award • Board commitment to improving mental wellbeing • Project to reduce stress and promote wellbeing

3. Project outline • Team event to look at spiritual wellbeing in the workplace • Exploration of what spirituality meant for us • Look at what spiritual harmony and disharmony in the workplace look and feel like • Creating spiritual wellbeing at work • Building spiritual care into appraisal • Relaxation through complementary therapy

4. Main points raised • Feeling alone and responsible for targets • Importance of forgiveness and trust • Box ticking vs ethical practice • Importance of cooperation and collaboration • Value of acknowledgement and praise • Enthusiasm = vulnerability, Disengagement = loss of job satisfaction • Importance of peer support

5. Staff appraisal • “How have you felt about working for this organisation during the past year?” • “What could this organisation do for you to improve your effectiveness and wellbeing at work?”

6. Other NHS Orkney Activity • Looking at work in the hospital with patients • Expansion of Hospital Chaplaincy using endowments funding • Recruitment of new Chaplain ( approach me if interested!)